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Discover more about Scotland’s heritage and how we’re working to protect it.

Two young girls skip across a grassy lawn, smiling from ear to ear. Each carries a trail sheet and wears Easter egg boppers on their heads. Their family members are in the background, watching them and laughing.

Easter Egg Trails 2024

Fun for every-bunny! We’re running Easter Egg Trails at 35 of our places across Scotland this year.

Actor Sam Heughan sits on a recording studio, with a computer monitor behind him and a microphone in front. His new book is propped up on the desk in front of him, beside an omega-shaped board saying: Love National Trust for Scotland.
15 Mar 2024

Love Scotland podcast – highlights

Production is underway on the next full series of the award-winning Love Scotland podcast, but in the meantime we’re diving into the archives to highlight five of our top episodes.

Priorwood Garden with apple blossom in foreground and the house in the background

Beautiful blossom

It’s time to celebrate one of nature’s most dazzling displays – colourful and sweet-smelling spring blossom!

A plane propellor sits on the grass above three potato sacks

World War II plane propeller discovery sparks investigation on Arran

Propeller blade discovery in a remote part of Arran, thought to be from a World War II plane, has sparked an investigation.

A view of a lush and colourful flower border running along the outside wall of a long glasshouse in a walled garden. It is a clear sunny day.
14 Mar 2024

Restoring Culzean’s glasshouses

Find out about our recent project to restore Culzean’s historic glasshouses in the walled garden.

A golden statue of a hawk holding a rat in its talons is attached above the entrance to Gladstone’​s Land. Beyond it, the view extends down the Royal Mile, with the spire of St Giles’​ Cathedral clearly silhouetted against the pale blue sky.
12 Mar 2024

Women’s history at Gladstone’s Land: Elsie Maud Inglis

Some of the team at Gladstone’s Land are highlighting five trailblazing women through a series of blog posts that explore their historical influence as well as their connections to this very special property.

Clusters of snowdrops grow on a woodland floor covered with dry leaves.
11 Mar 2024

The PLANTS project: snowdrop season at Branklyn Garden

The PLANTS Project East team have picked five of their favourite snowdrops from their audit of Branklyn Garden.

Looking out to sea across rocky cliffs and sea stacks. A rainbow forms a perfect arc on the blue sea horizon.
5 Mar 2024

Call for ministers to reject proposed Berwick Bank wind farm site

Polling for the National Trust for Scotland shows that 80% of the public agree that the proposed development, off St Abb’s Head, should be re-sited.

A man wearing a waterproof coat and a fleece hat sits on a hillside, concentrating on planting a young tree beside a clump of a heather. A little brown and white dog sits next to him, looking out across the stream that runs through the glen. There is snow on the peaks in the background.
28 Feb 2024

An opportunity to help protect Scotland’s woodlands

Through our charity’s Dedicate a Tree appeal, you can make planet-friendly gifts and be part of creating Scotland’s future woodlands.